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Work Ethics And Practices

Social Work · Level 6  ·  6 Chapters

Compiled by: Julius Mwangi

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What Work Ethics And Practices covers

Work Ethics And Practices in Social Work Level 6 begins with the practitioner. Self-awareness, a personal vision, a healthy lifestyle and coping with work stress are followed by monitoring performance targets. Ethics rests on integrity, core values, patriotism and professionalism, together with the codes of conduct and policies that govern the industry. Teamwork means building and directing a team, judging its performance, settling conflicts, mainstreaming gender and diversity, and coaching others. Avenues for growth, training needs, training resources and licences or certifications make up professional development. Problem solving covers causes, methods and decisions, using critical and creative thinking, and customer care closes the unit with feedback, concerns, outreach programmes and retention.

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Careers after Work Ethics And Practices

Accountable, ethical practice earns a social worker responsibility, and this unit covers six areas that employers value.

  • Rehabilitation and after-care programmes in Nakuru - You apply ethics and values, observe policies and guidelines and take responsibility for your decisions.
  • County government social policy units in Kericho - You resolve conflicts between team members, address gender and diversity issues and evaluate team performance.
  • Community outreach teams in Voi - You gather feedback from the people served, respond to concerns and run outreach programmes.
  • Staff development roles in Kapenguria - You assess development needs, find training opportunities and pursue licences and certifications.
  • Peer mentoring roles in Meru - You coach and mentor younger staff, build healthy workplace relationships and balance personal and organisational goals.

Decision making and problem solving, taught in the same unit, are used across all of them, as is the customer care outcome when you serve families.

Chapters

1
Apply self-management skills
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2
Promote Ethical Practices and Values
6 topics
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3
Promote Teamwork
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4
Maintain professional and personal development
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Apply Problem solving skills
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Promote Customer Care
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What Work Ethics And Practices covers: 50 main topics in 6 chapters

1. Apply self-management skills

  1. 1.1 Self-awareness
  2. 1.2 Formulating personal vision, mission, and goals
  3. 1.3 Healthy lifestyle practices
  4. 1.4 Strategies for overcoming work challenges
  5. 1.5 Emotional intelligence
  6. 1.6 Coping with Work Stress
  7. 1.7 Assertiveness versus aggressiveness and passiveness
  8. 1.8 Developing and maintaining high self-esteem
  9. 1.9 Developing and maintaining positive self-image
  10. 1.10 Time management
  11. 1.11 Setting performance targets
  12. 1.12 Monitoring and evaluating performance targets

2. Promote Ethical Practices and Values

  1. 2.1 Integrity
  2. 2.2 Core Values, ethics and beliefs
  3. 2.3 Patriotism
  4. 2.4 Professionalism
  5. 2.5 Organizational codes of conduct
  6. 2.6 Industry policies and procedures

3. Promote Teamwork

  1. 3.1 Types of teams
  2. 3.2 Team building
  3. 3.3 Individual responsibilities in a team
  4. 3.4 Benefits of teamwork
  5. 3.5 Qualities of a team player Leading a team
  6. 3.6 Team performance and evaluation
  7. 3.7 Conflicts and conflict resolution
  8. 3.8 Gender and diversity mainstreaming
  9. 3.9 Developing Healthy workplace relationships
  10. 3.10 Adaptability and flexibility
  11. 3.11 Coaching and mentoring skills

4. Maintain professional and personal development

  1. 4.1 Personal vs professional development and growth
  2. 4.2 Avenues for professional growth
  3. 4.3 Recognizing career advancement
  4. 4.4 Training and career opportunities
  5. 4.5 Assessing training needs
  6. 4.6 Mobilizing training resources
  7. 4.7 Licenses and certifications for professional growth and development
  8. 4.8 Pursuing personal and organizational goals
  9. 4.9 Managing work priorities and commitments
  10. 4.10 Dynamism and on-the-job learning

5. Apply Problem solving skills

  1. 5.1 Causes of problems
  2. 5.2 Methods of solving problems
  3. 5.3 Problem-solving process
  4. 5.4 Decision making
  5. 5.5 Creative thinking and critical thinking process in development of innovative and practical solutions

6. Promote Customer Care

  1. 6.1 Identifying customer needs
  2. 6.2 Qualities of good customer service
  3. 6.3 Customer feedback methods
  4. 6.4 Resolving customer concerns
  5. 6.5 Customer outreach programs
  6. 6.6 Customer retention

Revise this unit

Exam-style questions 84 Written to CDACC standard, with answers Test yourself 238 Multiple-choice, one at a time Practise questions 118 Quick recall — check you know the facts
3 more for this unit
Oral exam preparation 57 What the assessor asks, and how to answer out loud Worked calculations 20 Step-by-step maths with the common mistakes Quick cards 1,188 Myth busters, skill tips and scenarios

Beyond the syllabus

Decision simulator 6 On site, what would you do? Workplace scenarios 61 Real site situations — what would you do? Turn this into income 24 Where this skill earns — what to charge, how to find clients

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